Kilit, Ordubad

Municipality in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan

Kilit

Municipality

Kilit

Coordinates: 38°52′53″N 46°07′58″E﻿ / ﻿38.88139°N 46.13278°E﻿ / 38.88139; 46.13278
Country|  Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic| Nakhchivan
District| Ordubad
Time zone| UTC+4 (AZT)

Kilit is a village and municipality in the Ordubad District of Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the left side of the Nakhichevan-Baku railway, 16 km in the south-east from the district center. At present, there is no population in the village.[1]

It is the provenance and namesake of the Kilit language—one of several native Iranian languages of the Azerbaijani people, such as Old Azeri[2][3]—until the eventual linguistic and cultural Turkification of the area.[4]

## History

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In the southeast of Kilit village, surrounded on all sides by steep slopes of the mountain and valleys, are karst caves with stalactites in their corridors and halls. The remains of the cultural layer which were found at the entrance of the caves show that the caves were ancient human settlements. Near Kilit, in the a place called Ul valley the ruins of the residence of the Middle Ages and grave monuments have been found.[1][better source needed]

In accordance of the decision of the Transcaucasian Central Executive Committee dated February 18, 1929, the village of Karchevan, together with nine other villages of the Nakhichevan ASSR, was ceded to the Armenian SSR. In addition, part of the territory of the Kilit village became part of Armenia in 1923.[5]

## See also

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* Kilit language \- an extinct Iranian language

## References

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1. ^ a b ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. I. Baku: ANAS. p. 296\. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
2. ^ Paul, Ludwig (1998a). "The position of Zazaki among West Iranian languages" in Melville (1999). Charles Melville (ed.). Proceedings of the Third European Conference of Iranian Studies: Mediaeval and modern Persian studies. Reichert. ISBN 978-3-89500-104-8.
3. ^ Dalby, Andrew (1998). Dictionary of Languages: The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages. Columbia University Press. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-231-11568-1., p. 496.
4. ^ "Azari, the Old Iranian Language of Azerbaijan", Encyclopædia Iranica, op. cit., Vol. III/2, 1987 by Ehsan Yarshater. External link: [1]
5. ^ ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. I. Baku: ANAS. p. 296\. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.

## External links

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* Kars, Treaty of (1921)
* Kars Treaty
* Qars Müqaviləsi
* 1921-ci ilin Qars müqaviləsi: bu necə baş verdi

## Further reading

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* Azərbaycan Milli Elmlər Akademiyası. Arxeologiya və Etnoqrafiya İnstitutu. Azərbaycan Arxeologiyası. Daş dövrü (6). — Bakı: Şərq-Qərb, 2008. — Т. 1. — 448 s.
* Kilit, Ordubad at GEOnet Names Server

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Ordubad District

Capital: Ordubad

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* Ağdərə
* Parağaçay
* Şəhriyar

Villages|

* Ağrı
* Anabad
* Anaqut
* Aşağı Əndəmic
* Aşağı Əylis
* Aza
* Azadkənd
* Baş Dizə
* Başkənd
* Behrud
* Biləv
* Bist
* Çənnəb
* Darkənd
* Dəstə
* Dırnıs
* Dizə
* Düylün
* Ələhi
* Gənzə
* Gilançay
* Kələki
* Kələntər Dizə
* Kilit
* Kotam
* Məzrə
* Nəsirvaz
* Nürgüt
* Nüsnüs
* Parağa
* Pəzməri
* Qoruqlar
* Qoşadizə
* Sabirkənd
* Tivi
* Unus
* Üstüpü
* Vələver
* Vənənd
* Xanağa
* Xurs
* Yuxarı Əndəmic
* Yuxarı Əylis

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